TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) APPLICATION IN SPORT MEDICINE: A BRIEF REVIEW

FIORENZO MOSCATELLI¹,^§, ANNA VALENZANO¹,^§, VINCENZO MONDA², MARIA RUBERTO³, GIUSEPPE MONDA¹, ANTONIO I. TRIGGIANI¹, EMANUELE MONDA¹,  SERGIO CHIEFFI², INES VILLANO², LUCIA PARISI⁴, MICHELE ROCCELLA⁴, ANTONIETTA MESSINA²,^*

¹Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy - ²Department of Experimental Medicine, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy - ³Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties, Second University of Naples, Italy - ⁴Department of Psychological, Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy

Since 1985, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) has been used for non-invasive exploration of motor control in humans and for a wide range of applications in all ages of life. This brief review examined briefly the potential interest in sport medicine.